Necrophilia. Necromancy concerns raising the dead, necrophilia concerns going down with them.

Given that this is the Elder Scrolls universe and she is a Dark Elf, necrophilia in this case may be the summoning of ghosts in the graveyard and allowing them to have a grope.

I'm not sure if her ancestor spirits would appreciate feeling her up >.>

Well, Dunmer are strange like that.

Now that you mention it, the only fine she wanted to know about was Necrophilia... Does Cyrodiil have any sort of anti-incestual laws?

They aren't very common in monarchies, no.

Are the Captins of tthe Gaurd raceist? has any one else ever noticed that every gaurd is a white Imperial male? The one exception is the Draconis daughter (cant remember her name)

Captain Burd is a Nord. Captain Leland is a Breton. Captain Verus is a woman.

Tack on the aforementioned Caelia Draconis, and the Captains of the Guard seem to be somewhat cosmopolitan.

Of course, Kvatch seems to have had the more diverse ranks. Numbering among the Kvatch City Watch are a High Elf and a Redguard.

It looks like the Imperial Legion only wants Imperials, and others don't care. How about the blades? And will there ever be an argonian/khajiit guard? Or bosmer

If the imperials had more power in Morrowind, my dark elf would probably have lost his Knight of the Imperial Dragon position to an imperial. Oh well as long as I can keep the armor and blade...

If there are other races in the Imperial Legion, it's most likely they're pulling duty in the outer provinces, using their cultural connections as a bridge between the Legion and the natives.

Also consider that such Legionaries would be valued for their tactical abilities and are posted where they're needed most to defend the Empire. It is mentioned in-game that pulling Legion duty in Cyrodiil is a light and dull affair, and the only troops who'd think patrolling the roads of the Imperial Province isn't a boring dead-end to their career would be Imperials themselves.

I quite have to disagree with you on that point: one of the way to keep an Empire stable would be to put in province X a governor from province Y and legions troops from province Z (for example: an Breton governor in Valenwood with Nord legions), and to keep them "rotating", thus preventing them from having to much connections with the local powers...this is not my idea: it's how Arthur Hawkwing did it in the Wheel of Time series (and thus can be criticized quite freely )

Now maybe no Emperor ever had that idea, and maybe Tamriel races are entangled too much (there are Orcs native in Vvardenfell and so on) for it to function correctly (I wouldn't like to know how kajhits might respond to a dunmer legion in Elsweyr...).

Well I'd have to say that I find it quite weird that there are no "orcish troops in heavy armor" (weren't that the words in the manual?)...

I don't see how installing governors who likely will be incapable, maybe even unwilling, to win the respect or loyalty of the native populations would be a sound policy, especially if the express purpose of that policy is to hinder the efficient control and authority they wield over the troops at their command.

The fact is, now that I think of it, that the different countries in tamriel are based on races:
one race = one country (except for the orcs), when in the Wheel of Time there are only humans...

If the troops are loyal to the empire, and the governor is appointed strictly on merit, then there is no reason the troops shouldn't trust the governor: if the emperor appointed him, he must have known what he was doing, so the troops would follow His order, coming from the mouth of the governor. But they could still serve as a counter power if the governor wants to overstep his rights, or if he misuses his power: the principle is the same as in an international soccer or rugby game: the referees always come from another country than the teams, so they should be impartial.But all this is biased in tamriel, as there are too many racial prejudice...

Which brings my silly question: why are there no mixed species?There is one (the breton which are apparently a mix between nibeneans and elves, according to some book ingame), but why are there no other?

I've heard tell that the Wood Elves interbred with humans, they're just closer to Mer than Men (just as Bretons are closer to Men than Mer).

Hence the elves with similar skin color to many humans.

One of the books in-game mentions that offspring take on the racial characteristics of the mother. In that case, Eronor of Weynon Priory and Dagail of the Leyawiin Mages' Guild must have have different mothers, yet the same father (wondering what am I talking about? Ask Prior Maborel about Eronor, and he'll tell you that Dagail is his sister!). The funny thing is, if that were the case then why doesn't Eronor exhibit the same madness that afflicted both Dagail and her (their!) father?

PS: As a consequence of all the time I've spent with Casssie-the-Assassin, I have more than a passing familiarity with Cheydinhal's inhabitants. Hil the Tall, the Nord priest in the Chapel of Arkay, apparently left Skyrim in order to avoid being drafted into Legion service as a combat wizard. This is an indication that portions of the Legion hosts are drawn from the local populations of their respective provinces.

Here is another one: I don't know about the english (or german, or italian or...) version of the game, but in the french version, Namira's voice is that of a man, while the statue quite clearly depicts a woman.
Thus 2 questions:
- are the guys who made the french version irremediably lost to any kind of logic?
- or is Namira actually that small imp-like creature hiding behind the tall girl ?(but it seems illogical too that the statue at a daedric shrine wouldn't depict the Daedra as it's main component)...

In the English version, Namira's voice is female, but decidely deep. I believe she was voiced by the same actress supplying the voices for the female elves in the game.

All sixteen daedric princes have no "gender." They can take on any form they want, but prefer the forms that the statues depict. Thus Namira is both male and female and yet at the same time, niether. BTW Namira isn't the imp. She is the woman.

"...Although some Lords may assume the form of a female, they have no inherent gender, and are all referred to as Princes..."
Wikipedia

Assuming that the name behind a title (like Prior) is the last name, I've noticed that there is an NPC at one of the Daedric shrines with the last name of Maborel. Is this woman and Prior Maborel related in some way? (was that gramatically correct?) Is that his mother? Whom!

why was J'Ghasta from the Brotherhood mission-- a supposed master of unarmed combat-- so easy to kill by someone with a single digit skill in hand-to-hand? I fought him without a weapon twice and slaughtered him both times.

He thought you were his buddy and just playing around, so he was pulling his punches. Surprise, surprise, little kitty!

Here's one for you. Why is it that no matter how much money you give to beggars, they still don't buy shoes, medicine etc.?

And slightly off topic, why do people type MOD instead of mod?

Eh, I always wanted to tell them "Here's a Glass/Ebony/Daedric dagger. Go kill stuff!"

I don't think the shopkeepers like beggers too much

(Possible Simulation of why beggars don't have shoes)
Beggar: Good Day Fine Sir
Shopkeep:Oh, Hello
Begger: I've got some coins saved up for some shoes. Kin I git some?
Shopkeep: Uh... I'm afraid our a few coins short. There is a disposition fee...
Beggar: But the item list say-
Shopkeep: GET BACK OUT THERE AND BEG!

Split off Ginji's post. Wrong kind of question for this thread.

Odder still, these beggars could simply look in the nearest barrel or crate for shoes (they certainly look in them for food to eat, I've seen it happen).

Doing "The Ultimate Heist" this weekend I was reminded of a question that I'm sure somebody already mentioned in a previous post— what do blind monks do in a library? Sniff the paper?

How can you use a cure paralysis potion when you are... paralyzed?!

Why is there (just as with Morrowind) a cure paralysis on self scroll?

Self-medicating stimpak injector installed in your powered battle armor.

Wait, that may be from another game.

On the subject of paralysis, the book "Incident in Necrom" mentions using Paralysis on a vampire. Isn't that like trying to poison an Argonian or freeze a ghost?

Apparently the monks arent actually "blind", they just keep their blindfolds on until they need to read something, least im pretty sure how that works, kinda dumb though

The 'retired' monks are completely blind, because they read too many elder scrolls. That's what happens when you (correctly, so not what the player sees when looking at the scroll) read elder scrolls. Those not yet blind only take the blindfold off to read, yes.

You're thinking of pirates.

What is the alchemical ingredient you can extract from the Pitcher Plants in Blackwood? A weak tea made of dead flies?

I ask because I've never been able to successfully draw some.

Nothing. Bethesda forgot to add it.

(And once again you said something which has some kind of relation with my mod. Freaky.)

Why the use of magical transporter pads to access the Mages' Council Chambers and the Arch-Mage's Quarters? You'd think stairs would suffice, and if it was intended for security, then why is it so easy for a thief who's not in the Mages' Guild to access them without utilizing so much as one lockpick?

How come you can unlock magical transporters with a lockpick? You'd think there would be more to it than a simple plain lock.

Are our lock designs based on Ayleid lock structure? Why can we open an Ayleid coffer with a modern day lockpick?

Why doesn't the 'arrows shooting from the wall' trap get triggered when npc's walk near it?

I've always wondered that...they activate the other traps. Block shooting upwards, platform shooting downwards...why not the arrows shooting at you?

Would it be possible to kill Rufio before the Dark Brotherhood comes to you?

'You sleep rather soundly for a murderer... - You must kill Ruf... Well look at that! Welcome to the Dark Brotherhood then...'

Yes, I think someone earlier said they did that on accident in this thread: http://forum.gamingsource.net/index.php?sh...mp;#entry236788

The post that your link carries me to concerns killing a Master Trainer in the wilderness, not ol' Ruf.

Looking back through the pages, I don't see anyone mentioning killing Rufio in order to draw Lucien in. As I best recall, Rufio doesn't spawn until you get the mission.

However, some people have claimed their blood-ticket into the Dark Brotherhood by slaying Claudias Arcadia, the fellow rotting in the Imperial Prison for attempting to hire the Dark Brotherhood in the first place.

I consider that to be bad form, though. Killing clients (especially for free!) doesn't seem to be a healthy way to maintain business. Soon, no one will hire the Dark Brotherhood, lest they themselves end up with a dagger jammed behind the collarbone.



My imponderable for the way: why isn't there a big, fluffy pile of wood ash sitting in the middle of the Old Way directly underneath the Imperial Battlemage's ash-flue?

Oh, I thought I saw it somewhere...my appologies.



I've wondered that too...

Can you kill gods in this game too? I remember killing Vivec in morrowind.

No, there are no real or fake gods around.

(You could kill Almalexia too in Morrowind. An expensive soul she has had!

There is that one Daedric Prince, but you can't kill him. Shivering Ilses has Sheogorath, but I think he's marked as essential.

*snickers* Guess I'll get that mod that lets me kill essential NPC's^_^

and I forgot about Almalexia. And I liked her too...but not as much as I enjoyed playing with her guts!

where do people poo? I can get the idea that they my privately bathe in the lakes and rivers but where do they do the brown snake summoning ritual?

where are the kids?

Why aren't vamps "invincible" (i.e. only killable by generic means)? Shouldn't their only weakness' be those seen in all those vamp movies? And was Dracula weak to silver or is that something that came up after?

And I know this is probally a really stupid question but which imperial city is newer? The one in Tribunal or the one in Oblivion?

1. Well...I wouldn't, you get to kill a "different" daedric prince later...

2. In "special rubber garments worn beneath the fur underwear" of course.

3. M'aiq can answer this.

4. Do you think players want to fight something that can't be killed?

5. Tribunal. The IC in Oblivion was built it the aylied period...or was that just the tower?

"I got this flamethrower, but ain't you guys flammable?"
"Bullets are for the weak!"

The vampiric disinclination to being set on fire (as opposed to, you know, a mortal thoroughly enjoying being set aflame) translates into their weakness to Fire-based attacks. I personally see no point in an Altmer vampire— Frosty the Snowman has a better chance battling Johnny Storm in the middle of a steel mill.

I dont know how NPCs get money. You don't see the Skooma Four going out and raiding dungeons, do you? Not everyone sells stuff. And, how does gold get randomly put into dungeons? You don't see ogres going out and selling stuff. And, have you noticed that monsters tend to have knives on their person for no reason?

There is presumably an economy. NPCs go to work, get paid, buy stuff from merchants who then buy new stock, etc.

---SPOILER---
My question is: What would happen, if you beat Shivering Ilses, thus becomeing Sheogorath, but haven't done Sheogorath's Daedric Shrine quest? What would happen if you then tried to? Would the other Daedric Princes still call you "mortal"?

That what I was thinking, would I be giving myself the quest? Timewarp!

Anyways Why is it you can only understand Golwing with Fat heads sppon? Is it magical or something?